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词条 Cyrus K. Bettis
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  1. Biography

  2. Legacy

  3. External links

  4. References

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Lieutenant Cyrus K. Bettis (January 2, 1893 – September 1, 1926) was an American army aviator who won several races and set the then airspeed record for a closed-circuit race in 1925. He died after he crashed his aircraft less than a year later.[1]

Biography

Bettis was born on January 2, 1893 in Carsonville, Michigan to John C. Bettis and Mattie Crorey. His grandfather, David Crorey was an Irish immigrant who founded the "Exchange State Bank" in Carsonville, Michigan. Cyrus was brought up on a farm, and after high school he worked for a telephone company.[2] He joined the army in 1918.[3] He was the winner of the 1924 Mitchell Trophy Race and the 1925 Mackay Trophy.[3] He was also a winner of the Pulitzer Trophy in October 1925, flying a Curtiss R3C-1 racer. In winning the trophy, he set a new airspeed record of 248.99 mph for a closed-circuit race.[4] The record was broken shortly after by Lieutenant Jimmy Doolittle.[5]

On Monday, August 23, 1926, he was leading a formation of three army planes leaving the Sesquicentennial Exposition in Philadelphia heading toward Selfridge Field in Michigan when in heavy fog he hit a tree and crashed on Jacks Mountain near Bellefonte, Pennsylvania, [3][6] and was missing for two days.[7] He was seriously injured, including a broken leg, and multiple skull fractures. After waiting in vain for rescue he crawled two-and-a-half miles to a road where he was found by highway workers on Wednesday. He was admitted to Bellefonte Hospital and then airlifted to Walter Reed Hospital in Washington. Initially he was in serious but not critical condition, and expected to survive. However, he died on September 1, 1926 of spinal meningitis.[3][8]

Legacy

Bettis Field in Pittsburgh was named in his honor.[9] When Westinghouse bought the site in the 1948 and closed the airfield, they named their Bettis Atomic Power Laboratory after him.[10][11]

External links

  • Bettis at Corbis
  • Bettis video at Critical Past

References

1. ^{{cite web |url=http://siris-archives.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?uri=full=3100001~!285636!0 |title=Cyrus Bettis Collection 1924-1926 |accessdate=2011-11-26 |quote=Cyrus Bettis (1893-1926) was one of the leading Army Air Service pursuit pilots in the early-to-mid-1920s. Born in Carsonville, Michigan, Bettis entered the Army as a flying cadet in February 1918. He attended the school of Military Aeronautics at the University of Illinois and was sent to Camp Dick, Dallas, Texas in April of that year. ... |publisher=Smithsonian Institution }}
2. ^{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=950&dat=19251020&id=ZvRPAAAAIBAJ&sjid=7FQDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5329,2972804|title=Pioneer Spark Turned Farm Boy to Air Hero|last=Cohn|first=Gene|date=20 October 1925|work=The Evening Independent|accessdate=28 November 2011}}
3. ^{{cite web |url=http://earlyaviators.com/ebettis.htm |title=Cyrus K. Bettis |accessdate=2011-11-18 |quote= |publisher=Early Aviators }}
4. ^{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=_zoeAAAAIBAJ&sjid=7r4EAAAAIBAJ&pg=5822,1442933&dq=cyrus+bettis&hl=en|title=American ace sets air mark in big races|date=13 October 1925|work=Sarasota Herald-Tribune|accessdate=24 November 2011}}
5. ^{{cite book|last=Nalty|first=Bernard C.|title=Winged Shield, Winged Sword 1907-1950: A History of the United States Air Force|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5d1MP9pFuxMC&pg=PA90|volume=1|year=2003|publisher=The Minerva Group, Inc.|isbn=1-4102-0901-6|page=90}}
6. ^{{cite news |author= |coauthors= |title=Lieutenant Bettis Last Seen in Dangerous Pennsylvania Mountain Section. Won Pulitzer Trophy. Started From Sesquicentennial for Michigan -- Companions Retrace Route Without Avail. |url=https://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FA0C1EF734541A7A93C7AB1783D85F428285F9 |quote=Lieutenant Cyrus K. Bettis, the army flier who left the Sesquicentennial Exposition grounds yesterday morning in an airplane for Selfridge Field in Michigan, is missing. He was last seen west of Lewiston, Pa., heading for Cleveland, as he disappeared in the fog near the eastern slope of the Allegheny Mountains. Lewiston is nearly 200 miles west of Philadelphia. |newspaper=Associated Press in the New York Times |date=August 24, 1926 |accessdate=2011-11-18 }}
7. ^{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/28926978/liet_bettis_star_flier_found_hurt_in/|title=Liet. Bettis, Star Flier, Found Hurt in Wrecked Plane|last=|first=|date=1926-08-25|work=Asbury Park Press|access-date=2019-02-27|agency=Associated Press|pages=1, 2|quote=|via=Newspapers.com {{OpenAccess}} - Article continues on [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/28928506/liet_bettis_star_flier_found_hurt_in/ page 2]}}
8. ^{{cite news |author= |coauthors= |title=Bettis Has Bad Turn. His Parents Notified. Injured Army Flier Develops Spinal Meningitis in Washington Hospital |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1926/09/01/archives/bettis-has-bad-turn-his-parents-notified-injured-army-flier.html |quote=Lieutenant Cyrus K. Bettis, army aviator, injured in a crash in Pennsylvania last week, has developed spinal meningitis and his condition is critical. ... |newspaper=New York Times |date=September 1, 1926 |accessdate=2011-11-18 }}
9. ^{{cite news |author= |coauthors= |title=Flying Field to Be Named for Bettis |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1926/11/03/archives/flying-field-to-be-named-for-bettis.html |quote=The Pittsburgh-McKeesport airport near Dravosburg, Pa., is to be named Bettts Field in honor of Cyrus K. Bettis, noted army pilot who lost his life in ... |newspaper=New York Times |date=November 3, 1926 |accessdate=2011-11-18 }}
10. ^1 2 3 {{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=jtweAAAAIBAJ&sjid=vVYEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4432,4995449|title=Cy Bettis... 'The Look Of A Bookkeeper But The Soul Of A Conqueror'|last=Stearns|first=Bob|date=28 August 1976|work=The Pittsburgh Press|accessdate=24 November 2011}}
11. ^{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=nWYcAAAAIBAJ&sjid=c04EAAAAIBAJ&pg=2249,2651672&dq=cyrus+bettis&hl=en|title=Bettis: From Airplanes to Atoms in 10 Years|date=1 December 1958|work=The Pittsburgh Press|accessdate=24 November 2011}}
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